That’s very little money to be paying someone to get shelled.
But they do take really good care of them afterwards
Gulag.
I know it’s not the focus of the story but take a look at how the anti-Russian propaganda is placed up front in this story. The guy in question was hit by a Russian attack, so his enmity at Russia is understandable. The propaganda aspect is the way that it casts Russia’s approach to POWs. Look:
CW injury detail
A Russian blast knocked him from the third floor of a building to the ground. He was then crushed under rubble.
Hlib’s pelvis, jaw and nose were broken, and as well as being badly concussed, he says the heat of the explosion melted his tactical goggles onto his face. He was then captured by Russian forces and taken as a prisoner of war.
The following month, Hlib was released and sent back to Ukrainian territory as part of a prisoner exchange. But he says he received little medical care during his time in captivity.
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I’ll caveat this by saying I’m no medic but this doesn’t add up. All that and Hlib survives for a month well enough to be copulating a short while later after further treatment at home? Sounds like he received enough medical care that his injuries could eventually be overcome. (Either that or he was injured on something like 28th Feb and repatriated on 1st March – that’s still technically the ‘following month’.) Thanks BBC, for drumming up more anti-Russian, pro-war sentiment.
The narrative could be true, of course. It just seems a little fishy.
That Francoist legacy is still ongoing I see.
